Loren Johnson- He is Chris' grandfather on his mothers side. According to Chris' father, Walt, he said that Loren was, "... didn't fit into society. In many ways he and Chris were a lot alike." Loren was proud and stubborn and dreamy, a woodsman, a self-taught musician, and a writer of poetry. he had a lot of similar characteristics as Chirs. Both were stubborn, and nature lovers. Also they both lived lives that didn't exactly follow the beatin path of the norms of society.
John Krakauer-